Qatar Airways announced Tuesday it has placed an order worth
more than $2 billion for six Boeing planes, which it said reflected
the airline's continued expansion in the United States. A statement
on the Gulf carrier's website said it had placed an order for two
Boeing 747-8 Freighters and four 777-300ERs. "The order, a sign of
the airline's continued expansion and contribution to the US
economy, adds to the airline's current fleet of nearly 100 Boeing
widebody airplanes and its more than 100 additional Boeing aircraft
on order," read the Qatar Airways statement.

The parents of Otto Warmbier ― the 22-year-old college student
who spent more than a year imprisoned in North Korea and died days
after returning home with a severe brain injury ― say the
world must recognize the rogue nation as a state sponsor of
terror.

Equifax Chairman and CEO Richard Smith has retired, following a
massive data breach at his company that exposed the personal
information of millions of people. The credit reporting agency
revealed earlier this month that hackers had accessed the
information of some 143m Americans – including some who had no idea
the company was collecting their data. The exposed information
included social security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and even
credit card numbers.

A British woman believed to have died after being mauled by
feral dogs in Greece may have been attacked by rabid wolves, a
coroner has said. The woman, named locally as Celia Hollingworth,
of Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire, was reported missing on Thursday.
The 62-year-old disappeared while walking back to her accommodation
in Maroneia, in the northern part of the country, following a visit
to the nearby archaeological site of Mesimvria. Coroner
Nikolaos Kifinidis told The Times that the condition of remains
found on Saturday suggested she was not attacked by stray dogs. "It
seems like she may have been attacked by other wild animals, like
rabid wolves and jackals," he said. According to animal welfare
campaigners, there are an estimated one million stray dogs in
Greece, however wolves are common to the wooded region. Reports
suggest that Ms Hollingworth tried to contact her relatives in
London after being attacked, but lost signal on her phone. Celia
Hollingworth had been visiting the nearby archaeological site of
Mesimvria Credit: Hercules Milas/Alamy Several campaign
groups in the UK paid tribute to the retiree, who was described as
"dedicated" and "always optimistic". Ms Hollingworth worked as an
administrator at the University of Bristol and latterly dedicated
her time to raising money for causes including Syrian refugees. A
Wiltshire Police spokesman said: "We are working closely with
officers in Greece regarding the formal identification of the
deceased. "We are also working with colleagues from the Foreign
Office and supporting her next of kin at this difficult time." A
Foreign Office spokesman said: "We are in contact with Greek police
in relation to a British woman missing in northern Greece since
Thursday. "We are also providing consular assistance to her
family." The archaeological site of Mesimvria is is northern
Greece

The widow of a former NFL player who died while serving in the
U.S. Army issued a powerful response to President Donald Trump
using her husband’s name to criticize athletes who protest the
national anthem.

An officer in Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's elite
military security force was found shot dead on Tuesday inside the
sprawling presidential compound, an official said. Major Harin
Gonzaga, 37, was found by his wife with a gunshot wound to the
heart inside his room in the Malacanang compound in Manila, said
Brigadier General Lope Dagoy, head of the Presidential Security
Group. The incident took place far from Duterte's residence inside
the compound, Dagoy said, adding that even other members of the
security force were unaware of the shooting until Gonzaga's wife
found the body.

A graphic video shows a Huntington Beach police officer
shooting a man seven times and killing him. The slain man was
identified as a Navy veteran who was suffering from mental health
issues, according to his family.

Hillary Clinton slammed the administration of President Donald
Trump for its “rank hypocrisy” following revelations that the
president’s son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner had used a
private email account to conduct White House business.

Chelsea Manning, a former American soldier jailed for
leaking troves of classified information, said on Monday that she
was banned from entering Canada due to criminal convictions in the
United States. Manning had tried to cross at the official
border office at Lacolle, Quebec, on Friday. On Monday, she
posted a letter from Canadian immigration officials to her Twitter
account that said she was not admitted because she was convicted of
offences deemed equivalent to treason in Canada. "So, I guess
Canada has permanently banned me? Denied entry b/c of convictions
similar to "treason" offence," she wrote. so, i guess canada
has permanently banned me ? ✋�������� @CitImmCanada denied entry
b/c of convictions similar to "treason" offense ������
pic.twitter.com/xp0JOEEOGd— Chelsea E. Manning (@xychelsea)
September 25, 2017 The document said that Manning had
committed a crime outside the country that "would equate to an
indictable offence, namely treason" in Canada and which carries a
maximum sentence of 14 years imprisonment. Committing a crime
elsewhere that would carry a maximum sentence of at least 10 years
in Canada is grounds for a person to be denied entry, the document
said. Justin Trudeau, the Canadian Prime Minister, declined to
comment "on any specific case" at a news conference, and said he
looked "forward to seeing more details about this situation."
Canadian Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale suggested on Monday
he would think hard before overruling a border officer’s decision.
“No such request has been made to me with respect to that matter,”
Mr Goodale said, according to the National Post. Profile | Chelsea
Manning “And, when a Canada Border Services officer has exercised
appropriately within their jurisdiction the judgment that they are
called upon to make, I don’t interfere in that process in any kind
of a light or cavalier manner.” Manning was sentenced to 35
years in prison in 2013 for leaking more than 700,000 classified
documents to WikiLeaks three years earlier, when she was known as
Bradley. She served seven years, and twice tried to take her own
life last year alone, before then-president Barack Obama commuted
her sentence just days before he left office in January.
Manning was released from Fort Leavenworth's all-male prison
in May. During her incarceration, Manning battled for -
and won - the right to start hormone treatment. She now has cropped
blonde hair and a decidedly feminine look.

WASHINGTON ― European diplomats warned the Trump administration
on Monday that Europe is prepared to block U.S. efforts to reimpose
international sanctions against Iran as long as Tehran continues to
comply with its obligations under the nuclear deal.

The parents of a gunman who shot and killed a Pennsylvania
trooper engaged in "psychological manipulation" of their son and
should be held responsible for the deadly ambush at a state police
barracks, according to a lawsuit filed by the trooper's widow.

Comedian Hasan Minhaj took aim at President Donald Trump at GQ
India’s Men of the Year Awards, proving once again that he can
throw some serious shade while looking classy AF. Minhaj was
in Mumbai on Friday to accept the publication’s International
Man of the Year award.

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a quest to end cookie-cutter health care,
U.S. researchers are getting ready to recruit more than 1 million
people for an unprecedented study to learn how our genes,
environments and lifestyles interact — and to finally customize
ways to prevent and treat disease.

The typically hushed corridors of the Russell Senate Building
echoed with noise Monday as protesters, upset by the Senate
Republicans’ health care bill, descended on lawmakers’ offices to
let their displeasure be known ― part of several such
demonstrations around the U.S. Capitol. An initial crowd estimated
at around 100 protesters split into smaller groups once inside the
building, with each subgroup seeking out the offices of specific
senators, some of whom are positioned to cast critical swing votes
on the legislation. Capitol Police said in a statement they
responded to 13 locations in Senate and House office buildings and
as of late Monday afternoon had made 80 arrests.

On a more human level, it would be interesting to go back in
time to World Wars I and II, where a constant refrain of the
sailors and airmen who hunted subs was the sheer tedium of the
search. Hour after hour after hour of scanning the oceans, in the
hope that a needle in the haystack would reveal itself as a sonar
contact or a tiny periscope peeking above the surface. If nothing
else, farming out sub-hunting to the robots will make chasing subs
a bit less dull.

Rachel Maddow reports on Kurdish people voting on a referendum
to become independent from Iraq, a situation the U.S. has fought to
prevent but Donald Trump's former campaign manager Paul Manafort
has been paid to promote.